Work-holding stand



Dot. 9 1923. 1,469,860

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To all whom it may concern-.

Be it known that I, CURRY ORA WALPER, a citizen of thellmted States ofAmerlca, re-

siding at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Worlr- Holding Stands, of which. the following is V a specification, reference, being" had therein to. the accompanying drawings.

stands. It has forits-principal Object to provide a simplecompact and vefi ectiveflsup port adapted to hold a wall board inplace for sawing, especially'thattype of jwall' board in whichfltherfe ticn center. V

A' further objeotof t-he inventionis to.v provide a clamping means to hold the work inplace' Other ob ects w ll appear in connection with the description, reference-being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view; Fig. 2 is a side elevation, parts being in section, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line: III-III, looking in the direction mchcated by the arrow. I

The stand consists of a table 1, the opposite edges of which maybe beveled as at 2. 1 1' pivot member 3 is secured at opposite sides of each end of the stand and upon these pivot members legs 4 are mounted, suitable nuts 5 being used to hold the legs upon the pivot members in an obvious manner. The

pintles 6 secured upon the pivot member?) mayenter a socket in the uppercportion of the leg to prevent pivotal movement, of the leg whil the nut 5 is screwed tightly upon the pivot. A slot 7 extends longitudinally of the table 1 at about its central axis and the top of the slot is reinforced by metal at opposite edges oft-he plates 8 secured slot.

' At one end of the table 1, pivot plates'9,

9, are secured to-the table to receive a pivot member 10 upon which is mounted a clamping ar' 11 which extends substantially the full length of the table. /Vear plates .12, 12 are secured at opposite sides of the barll j adjacent tothe pivot plate 9 and upon the upper surface of the'bar-is secureda stop member 13 adapted to engage the adjacent end of the table 1 as indicated in Fig. 2 to limit the upper swinging movement of 'the is arl a ne a w v r v,

- upper surface" of cjtfhe table} tabl 1 is a'sprinmmember "dicated dashed lines in Fig. "2.

The clamping bar ll is slotted'g i'orfl the greater portio'n of'itsdengjthas' indicated at This invention relates 'to work holding 16 and upon oppositesides of the slotswear in the upper surface of the clamping bar' 11.

"7 when; the clamping'bar 11 is swung upon. 1

its piv'otlO into a-flpositio 18 are formed upon'j bracketm'embers 19 1 6- Annette-rump TO nnnnann CLARK, norrr or DETROIT, -mronrean;

bar 11. Secured upon'thelowe'r. face of the 14 having ap'1"o-, ecting portion "15 adapted to engage, the I outer end of.the member 13, when v it isin contact 'with theend of the table: 1 .to main- 60 .tain the member 11 in raisedfpo'sition asin- The-slot 16 is made toregi'sterwithl the slot .7

cured atfthe .endof theljtable'remotejfrom the pivot 10 and :the' bar 11 haswearjplatesp20 "mounted-in recessesfon' oppositesi'des of the end adjacent 'to"the"flanges118-.' A' spring catch 21 is secured upon the end of the table 1 opposite the pivot 10 and this spring has its 'free end beveled as indicated at 22 for engagement with the free end of the clamping bar 11. 'When the bar 11 is'swung it forces the spring latch member outward by coming in contact with the beveled end i I portion 22. The spring member 21 has a portion 23 substantially parallel with the top of the table 1 which swings inward toward the end of the bar 11 after it has passed'out of engagement with the beveled portion, and this portion 23 acts to preventupward movement of the bar .11. A. suitable handle 24; is provided upon the bar 11 preferably at ajpoint near its free end. (The table 1 is recessed as indicated at 25to receive sw nging bracket arms 26 of which in the same plane with face of the table 1. V

"With the bracket arms 26 swung at subthe main upper sur" stantially right angles to the sides of the table, a sheet of wall board 2 7 may be placed upon the table and, the bracketsasiindi cated by dashed lines in Fig. 1 and the upon the upper surface of't'he board until I its free end engaged beneath the portion- .28 of the spring -latch21; Alha nd saw 28 may thenbe inserted through'the' register clamping arm 11 will beswung downward I so down- 1 ward into a position paralleltwith the table,

' pintles 6; Thestandwill then be co'inpaet, and adapted for easy transportation;

ing slots 16 and 7 to sever thewall board or to make an incision of any length desired. The space between the plates 17 "will bevery little iderthan the extreme'spread of the-saw teeth when set so that the board m i1y be divided very accurately along th Kline desired. 1 r r It will be evidentlthat the legs Inay read ily be removed if desired or thatthey may be swung to arpos'ition parallelwith the 'ta'b'le '1' "when thenu'ts ;5' are loosened and the legs fdr awn. out of engagement with the lt iwilljbe obvious that many ehanges may be 'made'm details of construction \vlthout departure fr'om the principle involved or V sacrificing any of its aovantagesj fvention is therefore'claimed in any of its forms or' V modificati0ns Within the legitimate md valid scope of theiappended' claim,

I claim:

' A worksupporting comprising a l t/able" portion having 'afslot extending lon fgitudinally thereof, a clamping bar ati oneot, its ends adjacent to one end of saidltable portion, the j pivot'al attachment I beingjsuchjth at the clamping" bar 'maybe i swung-into position snbstantially parallel l 3UWith the'surfaee-of thetzible, said clamping.

The inpivoted neeeeeo bar having a slot longitudin'ally "thereof 7 "adapted 'to'be brought into registration with the slot in the table poifti'on by the. pivotal movement of the blli, and guiding 'means adapted to engage said clamping ban near its tree end to hold it in position Titlltl'lQ said table portion When said; clamping bar table portion, and

slots in registration, the pivotalniovement' .of said banbeing adaptedto carry. it away from the surtaceof'sa'id V 4.0 has been swung intofinoperativerposition' beingleft free and iinobstru'cted Iforfthe l placing'oi" work thereupon,;the npplei surface of the table portion: being with recesses and pivoted within said recesses with theinupperi suitfaces substantially V flush V with: thejf-surfaee ot' the table whereby t-he" ai1ns may beswnng from a closed 'positlon iv-ithln the table porangles thereto With 's In, testimony: whe'reofiI 'CUBBJ Y QB" WVitnessesf I 1: 1-h

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